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Manish Sisodia
Manish Sisodia is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi. Sisodia won the Patparganj Assembly constituency thrice in a row in 2013, 2015, and 2020. He contested the Delhi Assembly Election in 2013 for the first time from Patparganj and won against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Nakul Bhardwaj by 11,476 votes. Congress candidate Anil Kumar stood at third. In the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election, Sisodia retained the seat by defeating BJP's Vinod Kumar Binny with an increased margin of 28,791 votes. Congress leader Anil Kumar remained in the third position. Sisodia won the seat again in 2020 but with a reduced margin of 3,207 votes. BJP candidate Ravinder Singh Negi gave him a tough fight. Sisodia has decided to shift his constituency in the upcoming Delhi Election and will be contesting from Jangpura against BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah and Congress candidate Farhad Suri. Sisodia also held several ministries, including Finance, Education, PWD, Tourism, Labour, Land and Building, etc., in the Arvind Kejriwal Cabinet.
Manish Sisodia
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'Our hardwork bore fruits': Manish Sisodia appreciates party workers as exit polls predict victory
Elections | Feb 08, 2020, 08:02 PM ISTAs the Exit Polls are predicting Aam Aadmi Party's victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, Manish Sisodia on Saturday to took to Twitter to applaud the hard work of the AAP workers.
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Delhi records voter turnout of 57 per cent till 6 pm | Highlights
Elections | Feb 08, 2020, 09:03 PM ISTDelhi Assembly Election 2020: IndiaTvNews.com brings to you Live Updates from 13,750 polling booths across 70 constituencies in Delhi. The polling comes to close at 6 pm. Stay with us in the evening as we bring the poll of polls to give a sneak-peek into the voters mind.
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Delhi's outgoing deputy CM Manish Sisodia sends defamation notice to BJP MP Parvesh Verma
Elections | Feb 07, 2020, 11:12 PM ISTDelhi's outgoing deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Friday sent a defamation notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian Parvesh Verma for levying corruption allegations against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader.
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CBI arrests alleged middleman Dhiraj Gupta in Manish Sisodia's OSD bribery case
India | Feb 07, 2020, 01:07 PM ISTCentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested another person Dhiraj Gupta, in connection with the arrest of Gopal Krishna Madhav, a Delhi government officer in a bribery case.
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'What CBI did is right': Sisodia on his OSD being arrested on bribery charges
India | Feb 07, 2020, 10:41 AM ISTDelhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on the arrest of Officer on Special Duty to him on bribery charges said that what CBI did is right and strictest action should be taken against the officer to set an example.
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CBI arrests OSD to Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia on bribery charges
India | Feb 07, 2020, 07:11 AM ISTThe CBI on Thursday arrested a Delhi government officer understood to be the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in an alleged bribery case of Rs 2 lakh, officials said.
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Chunav Manch: Manish Sisodia confident of winning Delhi election, rates AAP 10 on 10
India | Jan 29, 2020, 10:14 PM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia while speaking at India TV's #ChunavManch ahead of Delhi assembly elections 2020 said that he fears that whether their children will be brought up in a country where Hindus and Muslims are ready to kill each other or will they be raised in a nation where Hindus and Muslims will be living in solidarity.
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Manish Sisodia is supporting those who 'want to shoot PM': Manoj Tiwari at Chunav Manch
India | Jan 29, 2020, 02:03 PM ISTSpeaking at India TV's #chunavmanch, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari hit out at Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia accusing him of supporting those who are talking about shooting PM Modi, Amit Shah and dividing the nation.
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Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia reported to Traffic Police for riding a bike without helmet
Elections | Jan 26, 2020, 08:18 PM ISTSisodia’s picture showing him riding a bike without a helmet appears to have been taken during the ‘Tiranga’ bike rally in Patparganj on Sunday
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I stand with people of Shaheen Bagh: Manish Sisodia
India | Jan 23, 2020, 01:59 PM ISTDelhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said that he stands with the people of Shaheen Bagh, but also said that opening of the Kalindikunj road does not fall under his jurisdiction.
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Manish Sisodia does not have car on his name: Affidavit for Delhi polls
Elections | Jan 17, 2020, 07:13 AM ISTDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia does not have any car on his name, according to information shared in the poll affidavit filed by him for Delhi elections. In the affidavit, it is also shown that while his self-acquired immovable property remained roughly the same as in 2015. His wife's self-acquired immovable property is worth roughly about Rs 65 lakh, as per his latest affidavit.
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'Entire country knows which party behind riots': Sisodia hits out at BJP
India | Jan 01, 2020, 05:33 PM ISTEarlier in the day, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar blamed opposition parties for allegedly spearheading the anti-CAA violent protests in Delhi last month, saying: "Violence on the CAA issue was spread by AAP and the Congress in Delhi."
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Manish Sisodia has THIS economics lesson for Kangana Ranaut
India | Dec 24, 2019, 01:22 PM ISTAt the trailer launch of her upcoming film 'Panga', Kangana Ranaut had said we're still hooked to the pre-Independence era, where our country was under siege or bondage. In response, Manish Sisodia slammed Kangana Ranaut and gave her a lesson on economics.
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Schools in south east Delhi to stay shut on Monday
India | Dec 15, 2019, 10:13 PM ISTAccording to Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, all government and private schools in Okhla, Jamia Nagar, New Friends Colony, Madanpur Khadar areas of south east Delhi district will remain closed on Monday.
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Manish Sisodia meets DCW chief at Samta Sthal
India | Dec 06, 2019, 04:41 PM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday met DCW chief Swati Maliwal, who is on an indefinite hunger strike to press her demand that rapists be hanged within six months of their conviction. He visited Samta Sthal, near Rajghat here, to express solidarity with Maliwal. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief's fast entered the fourth day on Friday.
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Sisodia welcomes Russian delegation for 'Days of Moscow'
India | Nov 18, 2019, 03:42 PM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the Delhi government welcomed a "vibrant delegation from Russia" for 'Days of Moscow'.
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Odd Even: More challans issued on day 2, Sisodia says people 'religiously' following rule
India | Nov 05, 2019, 08:10 PM ISTAccording to official data, 384 challans have been issued till 2 pm on Tuesday while on Monday, the first day of the odd-even implementation, 271 challans were issued.
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Prakash Javadekar postponed three meetings on pollution: Manish Sisodia
National | Nov 02, 2019, 07:00 PM ISTDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia accused Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar of postponing three meetings with state environment ministers, saying on Saturday that either he has no time or does not consider treating the national capital's poor air quality a priority.
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Non-recognised private schools in Delhi will not be shut: Sisodia
India | Oct 18, 2019, 08:49 PM ISTDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday assured parents of students studying in non-recognised private schools in Delhi that such institutions will not face closure.
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Infighting in AAP, Sisodia too may leave: Manoj Tiwari
National | Sep 23, 2019, 01:22 PM IST"The AAP is talking about infighting in the BJP to hide its government's failures. There is no fight in the BJP. The infighting is in AAP, which is diverting people's attention with these claims. The BJP is collectively going for the elections," Tiwari said.